The main visual component of the Color Picker is the saturation vs brightness Grid which shows all the possible variations of saturation and brightness with a particular Hue value. There is also a Hue slider to pick a Hue value visually, which in turn updates the saturation / brightness grid.

This latest update to the Color Picker contains a collection of bug fixes that have been discovered while working on ANTETYPE version 1.1.8. Most of the changes are behind the scenes but will result in a more consistent user experience.

ANTETYPE version 1.1.8 will automatically upgrade your existing Color Picker when it is released in the next couple of weeks, using this download you can install the ANTETYPE Color Picker without needing to install ANTETYPE.

The main focus of the ANTETYPE 1.1.8 release is Color Management (of which more to follow) which has helped us identify some issues with the ANTETYPE Color Picker for OS X.

Full support for applications that require that the Color Picker does not continuously update the value as it is changed.

20 Responses to ANTETYPE Color Picker for OS X – update 1.1.8

The colorPicker v1.1.8b does not work in OS X 10.8.2. Initially installed in ~/Library/ColorPickers to replace the (still working) 2010 1.0.1 beta. When 1.1.8b did not show up on Apple color picker, moved it to /Library/ColorPickers and chown to root:wheel.

Does not work in either location after reboot either. As soon as 1.1.8b was replaced by 1.0.1 beta, worked fine.

Thanks Chuck – we have tested in 10.8.2 and have seen it working and think it may not be 10.8.2 that it is not working in but rather Pages. We can reproduce it not working in Pages under 10.8.2, but we can see it working in Mail and TextEdit under 10.8.2.

Would it be possible for you to test in Mail and TextEdit? we will look into why it does not appear under Pages.

UPDATE: After a bit of investigation this seems to be due to the fact that pages is not yet a 64 bit application, but the Color Picker is 64 bit.

Hi Zan we haven’t currently got any plans to open source the color picker the moment, but we will be releasing an updated color picker soon with updated text controls. Please post here any comments, bug reports or suggestions you have or email support@antetype.com.

Also, please considering supporting the open-source software movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software) by releasing Color Picker under an open license. There are wide ranging benefits not only to you and your organization, but to the broader developer community as well.